Background
My name is Ruben Perales and I am a registered and licensed dietitian with 20 years experience in hospital clinical nutrition, bariatric, and renal nutrition. My specialties are in chronic kidney disease, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and whole food plant based diets. I am board certified in renal nutrition. While working at a local hospital I obtained a very broad knowledge and experience in dietetics and nutrition from a diverse patient population. I provided diet counseling to college students at the schools health center. I completed nutrition assessments for referrals from the Visiting Physicians Association, by doing home visits. I work at a dialysis clinic where I see patients with a wide variety of ailments. I was greatly influenced to learn about diet and lifestyle and become a dietitian because of the experiences of my father who was a diabetic and suffered several heart attacks and congestive heart failure. I use this motivation to try to help myself and others to be as healthy as possible and prevent chronic diseases.
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Approach
"I like to work with clients who are ready and motivated to make diet and lifestyle changes. Instead of simply providing advice, I listen to the client and allow them to lead the discussion so that I can better understand their needs and help guide them to solve their health problems."
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Insurance accepted
Aetna, Cigna, Golden Rule, Optum, Oxford, Select Health, United Healthcare, United Medical Resources (UMR)
Seeing clients in
AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, HI, ID, IN, MA, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OK, OR, PA, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
